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Viva Sweet Love

Song Cycle by John Musto (b. 1954)

1. As is the sea marvelous
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
as is the sea marvelous
from god’s
hands which sent her forth
to sleep upon the world

and the earth withers
the moon crumbles
one by one
stars flutter into dust

but the sea
does not change
and she goes forth out of hands and
she returns into hands

and is with sleep....

love,
     the breaking

of your
        soul
        upon
my lips

Text Authorship:

  • by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), no title, appears in Tulips and Chimneys, in 1. Tulips, in 4. Amores, no. 3, first published 1923

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2. Rome: In the Café
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
She comes at eleven every morning
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by James Laughlin (1914 - 1997), copyright ©

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Total word count: 158
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